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The sync cable wires can be looped or not - does not matter.
 
The sync cable wires can be looped or not - does not matter.
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* at the same time the fpga generator outputs a 1 fps signal - if the sync cable wires are properly connected the camera can be triggered from this 'external' signal
 
* at the same time the fpga generator outputs a 1 fps signal - if the sync cable wires are properly connected the camera can be triggered from this 'external' signal
  

Revision as of 09:55, 2 May 2019

Description

10389 board is required (and possible 103891).

Use cases:

  • Trigger a single camera from external source
  • Synchronize multiple cameras to a master camera or external trigger source
  • Program frame rate

The conditions of the trigger can be generated either internally or externally:

  • for external triggering a 103891 board and a 4-conductor 2.5mm audio plug with cable (example: digikey) is required.
  • for internal triggering use J4-J6 connectors with a 4-pin flex cable: J4 - internal trigger source (also transmits timestamps that can be decoded by other cameras), J5-6 - receive trigger

To program trigger go to: http://192.168.0.9/parsedit.php => External Trigger Controls

NOTE: Be careful with changing parameters when TRIG=4. Camera drivers are driven by the frame sync interrupts from the sensor, so if the sensor is not triggered - everything can get stuck. The Program Ahead value sets the number of frame sync interrupts the camera will wait wait for until a parameter is reprogrammed.

External Trigger Controls page

Parameters

parameter description
TRIG Trigger mode. 0x0 - free running, 0x4 - triggered by external signal or FPGA timing generator, 0x14 - triggered in GRR mode
TRIG_MASTER Master sensor_port (0..3) for triggering setup, other ports will have settings duplicated
TRIG_CONDITION FPGA trigger sequencer trigger condition, 0 - internal, else dibits: 00 - do not use, 01 - keep, 10 - active low, 11 - active high for each GPIO[9:0] pin). 10389 board inverts signals, so 0x80000 - input from external connector, 0x08000 - input from internal flex cable (as in Eyesis)
TRIG_DELAY FPGA trigger sequencer trigger delay, 32 bits in pixel clocks (100MHz or 10ns)
TRIG_OUT FPGA trigger sequencer trigger output to GPIO, dibits: 00 - do not use, 01 - keep, 10 - active low GPIO output, 11 - active high GPIO output. 10389 board inverts signals, so 0x02000 - output to external connector (active high), 0x20000 - output to internal flex connector
TRIG_PERIOD FPGA trigger sequencer output sync period (32 bits, in pixel clocks (100MHz or 10ns)). 0- stop. 1 - single, >=256 repetitive with specified period
TRIG_BITLENGTH Bit length minus 1 (in pixel clock cycles) when transmitting/receiving timestamps, without timestamps the output pulse width is 8*(TRIG_BITLENGTH+1). Legal values 2..255
EXTERN_TIMESTAMP When 1 camera will use external timestamp (received over inter-camera synchronization cable) if it is available (no action when external syncronization is not connected), when 0 - local timestamp will be used
XMIT_TIMESTAMP Specify output signal sent through internal/external connector (defined by TRIG_OUT). 0 - transmit just sync pulse (8*(TRIG_BITLENGTH+1) pixel clock periods long), 1 - pulse+timestamp 64*(TRIG_BITLENGTH+1) pixel clock periods long

Examples

Internal periodic trigger (10 fps, from fpga generator)

Internal periodic trigger (4 fps, from fpga generator) + output the signal to external port

External trigger receive (with possible self-triggering loop)

Here, internal generator is routed to sync the cable output wires. If the output wires are connected to the input wires (red+black and white+green) the camera will be self-triggering. If the wires are not connected - use external source - apply "plus" to black, "minus" to green (check colors and pinout): 

http://192.168.0.9/parsedit.php?sensor_port=0&immediate&TRIG_CONDITION=0x95555&TRIG_OUT=0x66555&TRIG_PERIOD=100000000&TRIG=4
  • at the same time the fpga generator outputs a 1 fps signal - if the sync cable wires are properly connected the camera can be triggered from this 'external' signal

External trigger receive (external source only)

The sync cable wires can be looped or not - does not matter. 

http://192.168.0.9/parsedit.php?sensor_port=0&immediate&TRIG_CONDITION=0x95555&TRIG_OUT=0x66555&TRIG_PERIOD=100000000&TRIG=4
  • at the same time the fpga generator outputs a 1 fps signal - if the sync cable wires are properly connected the camera can be triggered from this 'external' signal

Recover from missing external trigger signal to internal trigger

Manual triggering from PC

Enable

http://192.168.0.9:2323/trig/pointers
  • TRIG=4 should be set in advance
  • The command automatically sets a single-shot trigger mode with TRIG_PERIOD=0x1, but it writes the register directly into the FPGA,

not updating the TRIG_PERIOD in the PHP interface: 

http://192.168.0.9/parsedit.php?TRIG&TRIG_CONDITION&TRIG_DELAY&TRIG_OUT&TRIG_PERIOD&TRIG_BITLENGTH&EXTERN_TIMESTAMP&XMIT_TIMESTAMP&refresh

Trigger/Refresh

http://192.168.0.9:8081/trig/pointers

Check status

http://192.168.0.9/parsedit.php?immediate&TRIG&TRIG_PERIOD&SENS_AVAIL&FRAME

Disable

Update the TRIG_PERIOD in the current frame
Update the TRIG_PERIOD from the user interface
http://192.168.0.9:8081/trig/pointers


Links

  • 10389 extension board
  • 103891 adapter board for external trigger connection

10389 trigger testing

External connector

In this test the camera triggers itself via audio cable. For cable wiring see 103891.

  • To test:
- connect a sensor to port 0
- http://192.168.0.9/parsedit.php?sensor_port=0&immediate&TRIG_CONDITION=0&TRIG_OUT=0x66555&TRIG_PERIOD=25000000&TRIG=4
visual: LED is blinking
software: frame counter is running
  • It's easy to modify the cable to trigger itself and other multiple cameras.
10389 extsync selftest.jpeg

Internal connectors

In this test the camera triggers itself via 4-pin flex cable.

  • Connect as displayed on the pictures below.
    • J4 - trigger output (master port)
    • J5-J6 - trigger input (slave ports)
  • To test:
- connect a sensor to port 0
- http://192.168.0.9/parsedit.php?sensor_port=0&immediate&TRIG_CONDITION=0x8000&TRIG_OUT=0x66555&TRIG_PERIOD=25000000&TRIG=4
software: frame counter is running
  • To sync multiple camera, example:
cable 1: camera1 (J4) -> camera2 (J6)
cable 2: camera2 (J5) -> camera3 (J6)
cable 3: camera3 (J5) -> camera4 (J6)
etc.
10389 intsync selftest.jpeg
10389 intsync selftest closeup.jpeg

Sync example: from external to internal (chaining)

  • The simplest synchronization would be making a custom audio cable to sync all cameras in the system
  • In case there are multiple cameras in the same enclosure it might make sense to sync them by chaining using 4-pin flex cables
10389 sync example 1.jpeg
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